Announcing our 57th season at the Historic Struthers Library Theater in Downtown Warren!
Warren Concert Association
(Formerly Jaycees Concert Series)
1948-49
Vienna Choir Boys
Hugh Thompson, Baritone
Trieste Trio
Gold and Fizdale, Duo-piano
1949-50 Amparo Iturbi, Piano
Roman Totenberg, Violin
Ambassadors of Song
Lucille Browning and Frederick
Jagel, Mezzo and Tenor
1950-51 Patrice Munsel, Soprano
The Southernaires, Vocal Quartet
Ferrante and Teicher, Duo Piano
Aaron Rosand, Violin
1951-52 Longines Symphonette
Frank Guarrera, Baritone
Boris Goldovsky, Opera Highlights
Ethel Barrymore Colt, Soprano
1952-53 First Operatic Sinfonietta
Robert Merrill, Baritone (in Library Theatre)
The Rabinofs, Violin & Piano
Dougherty and Ruzicka, Duo Piano
Margaret Roggero, Mezzo
Pittsburgh Symphony (extra)
1953-54 LaFinta Giardiniera, Mozart-Goldorsky Opera
1954-55 Jerome Hines, Bass
1955-56 Ferrante and Teicher, Duo piano
de Paur Infantry Chorus
Beverly Bower, Soprano
1956-57 No Series
1957-58 No Series
1958-59 Continental-Aires, Vocal Group
National Artists Symphonette
Nelson and Neal, Duo piano
1959-60 Robert Inglesias Spanish Dancers
Stanley Bain, Pianist
Bel Canto Trio
Warren Civic Orchestra
1960-61 No Series
1961-62 Rise Stevens, Mezzo Soprano
Marlow Twins, Duo piano
Leonard Rose, Cello
Karlsrud Chorale
1962-63 Ferrante and Teicher, Duo piano
Jean Madeira, Soprano
San Pietro Orchestra
Cameo Opera, Elisir d’Amour
1963-64 Wrightson and Hunt, Baritone and Soprano
DeCormier Folk Singers
Marilyn DeBow, Violin
Ralph Votapek, Piano
1964-65 Jose Molina Ballet
Moreley Meredith, Baritone
Ozan Marsh, Piano
Buffalo Symphony, Lukas Foss, Conductor
1965-66 Peter Nero, Piano
Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano
Paris Chamber Orchestra
Varel and Baille, French singers
1966-67 National Ballet
Golden Curtain Quartet
Eugene Istomin, Piano
Theodore Uppman, Baritone
1967-68 Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
Guarneri Quartet, Strings
Auturo Sergi, Tenor
Reyes/Soler Ballet
1968-69 Norman LuBoff Choir
Stecher and Horowitz, Duo piano
The Storcks, Cello and harp
Princeton Chamber Orchestra
1969-70 Prague Symphony Orchestra
Marchia Baldwin, Mezzo
Mack McCray, Piano
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
1970-71 London Bach Society
Basque Festival of Bilbao
H. Winterhalter Orchestra w/ Wrightson and Hunt vocals
Nicholai Petrov, piano
1971-72 Nana Mouskouri
Bulgarian Childrens Choir
Edin and Tamir, Duo piano
I. Solisti de Zagreb
1972-73 Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
John West, Bass
R. DeGaetano, Piano
F. Hand, Littlefield and Handler, Guitar, Flute
1973-74 Arthur Fiedler and Syracuse Symphony
Roger Wagner Chorale
Rittenhouse Brass
Julie Lovett and Bunyan Webb, Soprano, guitar
1974-75 Gordon MacRae and Erie Philharmonic
Hersch and Montgomery, Ragtime
William Brown, Baritone and Alard String Quartet
Dong-Suk Kang, violin
1975-76 Musical America Revue
Scottish National Symphony
Ronald Thomas, Cello
Erie Philharmonic
1976-77 Freiburg Baroque Soloists
Bob Green’s World of Jelly Roll Morton
Danzas Venezuela (cancelled because of weather)
National Opera Company
1977-78 Georgian Soviet Dancers
Los Indios Tabajaras, Guitarists
U. S. Navy Band
1978-79 Fred Waring
Nutcracker Ballet
Weekley & Arganbright, piano
Canadian Brass
1979-80 Indianapolis Symphony
Cincinnati Ballet
Musical Britania Revue
Ronald Holgate, Baritone
1980-81 Barber of Seville (Goldosky)
Karlsrud and Men of Song
(Started to use Library Theatre)
Instrumental Ensemble of France
Veri and Jamanis, Duo piano
1981-82 Vienna Choir Boys
Zagreb Philharmonic
Chestnut Brass
Circa 1900 Revue
1982-83 Joffrey II Ballet
Jimmy-Marian McPartland
Erie Mills/M. Ballam, Soprano, Tenor
Steven DeGroot, Piano
1983-84 Buffalo Philharmonic w/ Joan Eighmey, Piano
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
New Arts Trio
Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
1984-85 St. Olaf Choir
Max Morath Quintet, Ragtime
Sharon Robinson, Cello – Jamie Laredo, Violin
River City Brass Band
1985-86 New Irish Chamber Orchestra
Voices of Christmas, New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
Pierre Feit, Obenquartette
The Merry Widow – Connecticut Opera
1986-87 “Sleeping Beauty”
Indianapolis Ballet Theatre
Mary Lou Fallis “Primadonna”
Scott McFadden, Piano
Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
1987-88 Fine Arts Brass of England
Norman Luboff, Christmas Program
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
Bill Crofut, Folk Singer
1988-89 London Ballet Theatre
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Waverly Consort
Rochester Philharmonic
1989-90 Alec Chein, Piano
Renaissance Winds with soloists
Vienna Choir Boys
Big River – Broadway Musical
1990-91 Gary Karr, Bassist
Mr. Pickwicks Stories
Jose Greco Dancers
Side by Side by Sondheim
1991-92 Hecht and Shapiro, Duo piano
Salute to Duke Ellington
Sound of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Chicago Brass Quintet
1992-93 Capella Cracoviensis
Corey Cerovsek, Violin
Richard Lalli and Gary Chapman. Baritone, piano
Giselle
1993-94 Myriad Chamber Ensemble
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Eugene Istomin, Piano
Performers Three
1994-95 London Piano Duo
Winged Victory Singers
Dag Achatz, Piano
Battle of the Big Bands
Russian State Chorus
1995-96 Mood Indigo Jazz
Colorado String Quartet
Bruno Chamber Orchestra
Big Band Salute to Artie Shaw (Julius Larosa and Ink Spots)
1996-97 Leon Bates, Piano
Glen Miller Orchestra
Monumental Brass Quintet
Baltimore Consort
Silvia Roederer
1997-98 Cleo Laine
Sammy Kaye Orchestra
Tziganka Russian Folk Ensemble
Trio Sonata
1998-99 Count Basie Orchestra
Crofut and Brubeck
Epic Brass
Jitro
Claire Bloom and Eugenia Zuckerman, Flute and Poetry
1999-0 0 Ruth Laredo, piano
Renaissance City Winds & Mark Thompson Mime Company
Scottish Christmas
Don Angle, Harpsichord
Hoagy Carmichael …Centennial Celebration
2000-01 Apollo’s Fire Chamber Orchestra
River City Brass Band
Christmas from Dublin
Max Morath, Ragtime piano
Chuck Mangione, Jazz
2001-2002 Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Mantovani Orchestra and Chorus
Ahn Trio
Chanticleer
Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra
2002-2003 Burning River Brass
Doc Severinsen and his Big Band
A Kiltartan Road Christmas
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Anúna
2003-2004 Leahy
Tibetan Monks – “Sacred Music – Sacred Dance”
“Oh Holy Night”, A Gospel Christmas
Les Violons du Roy
Phil Giordano Jazz Orchestra
2004-2005 The Nylons
I Solisti Di Venezia
Solid Brass
The Courthouse Steps
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
2005-2006 The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
The Claremont Trio
A Viennese Christmas with The New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra
Classic Klezmer with I Musici de Montreal and Kleztory
The New Gene Krupa Orchestra – Salute to ‘Ole Blue Eyes
2006 - 2007
Alpin Hong
Camerate Bariloche
Burning River Brass
Duquense University Tamburitzans
Barrage
(Formerly Jaycees Concert Series)
1948-49
Vienna Choir Boys
Hugh Thompson, Baritone
Trieste Trio
Gold and Fizdale, Duo-piano
1949-50 Amparo Iturbi, Piano
Roman Totenberg, Violin
Ambassadors of Song
Lucille Browning and Frederick
Jagel, Mezzo and Tenor
1950-51 Patrice Munsel, Soprano
The Southernaires, Vocal Quartet
Ferrante and Teicher, Duo Piano
Aaron Rosand, Violin
1951-52 Longines Symphonette
Frank Guarrera, Baritone
Boris Goldovsky, Opera Highlights
Ethel Barrymore Colt, Soprano
1952-53 First Operatic Sinfonietta
Robert Merrill, Baritone (in Library Theatre)
The Rabinofs, Violin & Piano
Dougherty and Ruzicka, Duo Piano
Margaret Roggero, Mezzo
Pittsburgh Symphony (extra)
1953-54 LaFinta Giardiniera, Mozart-Goldorsky Opera
1954-55 Jerome Hines, Bass
1955-56 Ferrante and Teicher, Duo piano
de Paur Infantry Chorus
Beverly Bower, Soprano
1956-57 No Series
1957-58 No Series
1958-59 Continental-Aires, Vocal Group
National Artists Symphonette
Nelson and Neal, Duo piano
1959-60 Robert Inglesias Spanish Dancers
Stanley Bain, Pianist
Bel Canto Trio
Warren Civic Orchestra
1960-61 No Series
1961-62 Rise Stevens, Mezzo Soprano
Marlow Twins, Duo piano
Leonard Rose, Cello
Karlsrud Chorale
1962-63 Ferrante and Teicher, Duo piano
Jean Madeira, Soprano
San Pietro Orchestra
Cameo Opera, Elisir d’Amour
1963-64 Wrightson and Hunt, Baritone and Soprano
DeCormier Folk Singers
Marilyn DeBow, Violin
Ralph Votapek, Piano
1964-65 Jose Molina Ballet
Moreley Meredith, Baritone
Ozan Marsh, Piano
Buffalo Symphony, Lukas Foss, Conductor
1965-66 Peter Nero, Piano
Mattiwilda Dobbs, Soprano
Paris Chamber Orchestra
Varel and Baille, French singers
1966-67 National Ballet
Golden Curtain Quartet
Eugene Istomin, Piano
Theodore Uppman, Baritone
1967-68 Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
Guarneri Quartet, Strings
Auturo Sergi, Tenor
Reyes/Soler Ballet
1968-69 Norman LuBoff Choir
Stecher and Horowitz, Duo piano
The Storcks, Cello and harp
Princeton Chamber Orchestra
1969-70 Prague Symphony Orchestra
Marchia Baldwin, Mezzo
Mack McCray, Piano
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
1970-71 London Bach Society
Basque Festival of Bilbao
H. Winterhalter Orchestra w/ Wrightson and Hunt vocals
Nicholai Petrov, piano
1971-72 Nana Mouskouri
Bulgarian Childrens Choir
Edin and Tamir, Duo piano
I. Solisti de Zagreb
1972-73 Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
John West, Bass
R. DeGaetano, Piano
F. Hand, Littlefield and Handler, Guitar, Flute
1973-74 Arthur Fiedler and Syracuse Symphony
Roger Wagner Chorale
Rittenhouse Brass
Julie Lovett and Bunyan Webb, Soprano, guitar
1974-75 Gordon MacRae and Erie Philharmonic
Hersch and Montgomery, Ragtime
William Brown, Baritone and Alard String Quartet
Dong-Suk Kang, violin
1975-76 Musical America Revue
Scottish National Symphony
Ronald Thomas, Cello
Erie Philharmonic
1976-77 Freiburg Baroque Soloists
Bob Green’s World of Jelly Roll Morton
Danzas Venezuela (cancelled because of weather)
National Opera Company
1977-78 Georgian Soviet Dancers
Los Indios Tabajaras, Guitarists
U. S. Navy Band
1978-79 Fred Waring
Nutcracker Ballet
Weekley & Arganbright, piano
Canadian Brass
1979-80 Indianapolis Symphony
Cincinnati Ballet
Musical Britania Revue
Ronald Holgate, Baritone
1980-81 Barber of Seville (Goldosky)
Karlsrud and Men of Song
(Started to use Library Theatre)
Instrumental Ensemble of France
Veri and Jamanis, Duo piano
1981-82 Vienna Choir Boys
Zagreb Philharmonic
Chestnut Brass
Circa 1900 Revue
1982-83 Joffrey II Ballet
Jimmy-Marian McPartland
Erie Mills/M. Ballam, Soprano, Tenor
Steven DeGroot, Piano
1983-84 Buffalo Philharmonic w/ Joan Eighmey, Piano
Hungarian State Folk Ensemble
New Arts Trio
Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
1984-85 St. Olaf Choir
Max Morath Quintet, Ragtime
Sharon Robinson, Cello – Jamie Laredo, Violin
River City Brass Band
1985-86 New Irish Chamber Orchestra
Voices of Christmas, New York Vocal Arts Ensemble
Pierre Feit, Obenquartette
The Merry Widow – Connecticut Opera
1986-87 “Sleeping Beauty”
Indianapolis Ballet Theatre
Mary Lou Fallis “Primadonna”
Scott McFadden, Piano
Jack Daniels Silver Cornet Band
1987-88 Fine Arts Brass of England
Norman Luboff, Christmas Program
Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra
Bill Crofut, Folk Singer
1988-89 London Ballet Theatre
Hungarian Chamber Orchestra
Waverly Consort
Rochester Philharmonic
1989-90 Alec Chein, Piano
Renaissance Winds with soloists
Vienna Choir Boys
Big River – Broadway Musical
1990-91 Gary Karr, Bassist
Mr. Pickwicks Stories
Jose Greco Dancers
Side by Side by Sondheim
1991-92 Hecht and Shapiro, Duo piano
Salute to Duke Ellington
Sound of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Chicago Brass Quintet
1992-93 Capella Cracoviensis
Corey Cerovsek, Violin
Richard Lalli and Gary Chapman. Baritone, piano
Giselle
1993-94 Myriad Chamber Ensemble
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Eugene Istomin, Piano
Performers Three
1994-95 London Piano Duo
Winged Victory Singers
Dag Achatz, Piano
Battle of the Big Bands
Russian State Chorus
1995-96 Mood Indigo Jazz
Colorado String Quartet
Bruno Chamber Orchestra
Big Band Salute to Artie Shaw (Julius Larosa and Ink Spots)
1996-97 Leon Bates, Piano
Glen Miller Orchestra
Monumental Brass Quintet
Baltimore Consort
Silvia Roederer
1997-98 Cleo Laine
Sammy Kaye Orchestra
Tziganka Russian Folk Ensemble
Trio Sonata
1998-99 Count Basie Orchestra
Crofut and Brubeck
Epic Brass
Jitro
Claire Bloom and Eugenia Zuckerman, Flute and Poetry
1999-0 0 Ruth Laredo, piano
Renaissance City Winds & Mark Thompson Mime Company
Scottish Christmas
Don Angle, Harpsichord
Hoagy Carmichael …Centennial Celebration
2000-01 Apollo’s Fire Chamber Orchestra
River City Brass Band
Christmas from Dublin
Max Morath, Ragtime piano
Chuck Mangione, Jazz
2001-2002 Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Mantovani Orchestra and Chorus
Ahn Trio
Chanticleer
Pittsburgh Symphony Chamber Orchestra
2002-2003 Burning River Brass
Doc Severinsen and his Big Band
A Kiltartan Road Christmas
Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Anúna
2003-2004 Leahy
Tibetan Monks – “Sacred Music – Sacred Dance”
“Oh Holy Night”, A Gospel Christmas
Les Violons du Roy
Phil Giordano Jazz Orchestra
2004-2005 The Nylons
I Solisti Di Venezia
Solid Brass
The Courthouse Steps
Paragon Ragtime Orchestra
2005-2006 The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra
The Claremont Trio
A Viennese Christmas with The New Sigmund Romberg Orchestra
Classic Klezmer with I Musici de Montreal and Kleztory
The New Gene Krupa Orchestra – Salute to ‘Ole Blue Eyes
2006 - 2007
Alpin Hong
Camerate Bariloche
Burning River Brass
Duquense University Tamburitzans
Barrage